Keto

Hi everyone, I've been yo-yo ing for years and always creep up to 12 stone mark which ain't good for a 5 ft nearly 40 year old woman.I tried Atkins years ago but quickly craved pasta etc so I am here again with a keto diet and found this site by chance. It's got some amazing tools and I love reading everyone's posts. I lost 12lb in a week which was just water I think so am now looking forward to the fat burning part. I feel quite tired on this diet but the thing is I feel naturally tired instead of wired and stressed and since removing sugar and carbs from my diet I have had 4 nights real sleep..........I haven't had 4 nights good sleep in the last 10 years so that's amazing for me.

hi Shabud! congrats on your weight loss! I've been doing Atkins for a couple of years now. the weight loss is wonderful, but the side benefits are also great. the acid reflux I had is gone. my sense of smell is better. the aweful numular dermatitis I had on my hands is gone. so I can definitely understand about your good nights sleep. I think the highly processed foods & extra sugar actually poison our bodies. once it's gone, we can feel better.

good luck on your journey! there are lots of great people here to help & answer questions. I'm almost half way & I know now I can do it & keep it off once I get there. you can, too!

Hi LightMage and Liv001, thanks for your kind words.I definitely can't wait for the acid reflux to shift as its so painful at times. Even though its early days I consider the benefits I have already to be so worth it. And within days i have already lost that constant voice in my head saying 'I'm hungry'. Feels like the relationship with food has completely shifted from eating til I'm bloated, feeling hungry after 20 minutes, eating again, feeling depressed because I over ate and eating again lol. Only thing is the fatigue during my day at work is taking its toll........does this subside eventually ? I am taking magnesium citrate as I read that may help but only been on them 2 days.

eKatherineThats where I am aiming for but unfortunately I sometimes dont get my dinner until 7pm due to work and other committments but I suppose if I dont eat after 7 that should help. It gets so bad sometimes I wake up choking on the reflux...........did you ever get this bad ?

Hi everyone, my name is Tana, I decided to leave fitness pal and try this site as I can control my settings to give me net carb on my foods. I am doing the low carb/high fat diet no wait WOE, it is not ...